Need help from someone in NZ

[LWC82PE]

I need to do a bank transfer to someone in NZ and I told the guy at a minimum I need his account number and bank number and I may need a IBAN & Swift (not sure as Ive never done a transfer to NZ before)
Anyway he gets back to me with a number like this

XX-XXXX-XXXXXXX-XX

I said I need at least an acc & bank number (BSB) and he said thats all he has got. So I said maybe both numbers are joined together? He didnt really know.

Does any one know if the numbers are split into 2 parts eg the first 2 digits plus the 4 after are one number and the 7 digits and the last 2 are the other number? If so which is BSB and which is ACC?

The bank is National Bank

Thanks

[VMX247]

http://bsbnumbers.com/

Make sure its not in Nigeria 
cheers A

[LWC82PE]

That site doesnt work. I i tried the first 6 digits with and with out the dash. My guess is that link is American anyway. My bank is hopeless too. They get reall sh**ty if you havent got all the right details and paper work filled out.

[DP]

He should be able to give you his account # & bank branch at least. I bank with National bank in NZ & my acc # has 15 digets in total.
I have never had problems getting swift codes for the banks either 

Where is he in NZ

Cheers Daryl

[Husky70]

All NZ bank accounts are in the format of 2 numbers (bank), 4 (branch), 7 (individual account), then 2 (sub-account, e.g. -00 for cheque). Sometimes a particular transaction requires 3 digits for the sub-account, so one adds another zero - e.g. -01 becomes -001.

If all else fails PM me and I can arrange it through my firm's trust account - for my sins I am a lawyer (cue abuse...  in Auckland.

[TM BILL]

Lieth NZ accounts are 01 0587 1546894 000

01         0587      1546894                   000
bank      branch    account number        prefix   ( somtimes drop off the last prefix digit ie 01 0587 1546894 00 )

Dont know what BSB is though

If its more than $AU 100.00 you will need a special clearence as that equates to about 7 billion Pacific Pesos 

[oldfart]

leith .  I have a Westpac   NZ account   and is listed as       12 1234 1234567-12     account  number , there appears to be no BSB as in OZ.
So I would have to agree with Tm Bills post

[LWC82PE]

well the amount i need to send is over $100 NZ but ive never knew you needed clearance to send more. Hopefully its not too much because it already costs $33 to a wire transfer as it is.

all i have from him is that 15 digit number as above displayed with those dashes

So are you guys saying those 15 digits are just his account number and everything all in one and thats all i need and i dont need a BSB number? He reckons thats all he has but im gonna have to try ask again if i need a BSB or something that ID's the bank.

The joys of no Paypal

He is in Timaru

Thanks

[TM BILL]

Lieth sorry mate that was a piss take due to our sad currency exchange  does he not take paypal 

[paul]

go into your bank with the details and let the bank do it (it looks like a international bank transfer to me)

[sudman]

You still need the BSB number as that what identifies the bank internationally, he will have to ring his bank ask them for that number as it is not part of your standard bank a/c number.

[GMC]

01         0587      1546894                   000
bank      branch    account number        prefix   ( somtimes drop off the last prefix digit ie 01 0587 1546894 00 )

The BSB is what identifies the bank & the branch, therefore according to Bill the first 6 digits are the BSB

I think IBAN is international code for BSB, but my memory is a bit foggy.

[GD66]

What a pain in the arse, if he's dinkum about getting the money, get him to sort it out through his bank or open a Paypal account. Why should you have to hold his hand and get mummy to sort it out ? Jeez it's the 21st century..

[LWC82PE]

Yeah no one on Trade Me has Paypal. the local bank is useless. You have to have a form filled out with all these details and they are really strict about it. If you dont have all the details they wont do the transfer and they dont try to unjumble or work out what numbers are what for you. I used to be able to walk in with a heap of numbers from some Euro countries and the bank tellers would be there for ages and had to make phonecalls to Sydney to work out what one is the IBAN etc. It makes you wonder how they actually get a job being a bank teller as ive found some dont know much at all. But now thats too hard for them and i got to have it all filled out on a sheet for them. I do these all the time to Euro countries no worries as they give you the IBAN and SWIFT numbers but this is the first NZ one.

Im thinking GMC might be right about the first 6 numbers being the BSB number

[Captain Bilko]

Whenever I've bought stuff from Spain direct I've done it through Netbank (Commonwealth) Int transfer.
The IBAN is usually a couple of letters then numbers like this:
EP32 0072 0605 3905 0003 1616
Then there's the BIC (which I think is the abbreviation of the bank the theiving pricks are sticking it into):
POPUESSM
And then just punch in the amount and go and have a nice lay-down :'(